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How Boys and Girls Can Help Win The War

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Date | Lang: English (en)
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Publication[June 24] 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1
 
CreditsLetters: typeset
ContentGenre: Advocacy | Characters: Uncle Sam; unnamed boy; unnamed girl
 
Foreword/AfterwordYou Can Help Win the War...and the Peace! (1 page)
SynopsisText piece encouraging readers to aid the war effort.
CreditsScript: George J. Hecht | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset
ContentCharacters: Inside front cover.
 
Comic StoryKnow What We're Fighting For (3 pages)
SynopsisSummarizes the principals as outlined by President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Four Freedoms".
ContentGenre: Advocacy | Characters: Franklin D. Roosevelt; unnamed American citizens; Adolph Hitler; Benito Mussolini; Hideki Tojo
 
Comic StoryJoin Up! (2 pages)
SynopsisEncourages youth to join organizations like the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, 4-H Clubs, Junior Red Cross, and the Camp Fire Girls.
ContentGenre: Advocacy | Characters: Peter; Susan
 
Comic StoryKnow Your Stuff! (1 page)
SynopsisEncourages youth to get a good education.
ContentGenre: Advocacy
 
Comic StoryKeep Fit! (3 pages)
SynopsisEncourages healthy eating, exercise, and good hygiene.
ContentGenre: Advocacy | Characters: General Douglas MacArthur; Young Sloppy Sam; sam's mom; unnamed lifeguard; Healthy Harry; Harry's mom
 
Comic StoryFoods for Strength and Victory (1 page)
SynopsisEncourages healthy eating to be a good soldier.
ContentGenre: Advocacy | Characters: unnamed doctor; unnamed army recruits; unnamed recruit's family
 
Comic StoryYou Can't Keep Fit Unless You Eat the Right Foods Every Day (1 page)
SynopsisEncouraging eating of the "right foods" to stay fit.
ContentGenre: Advocacy | Characters: Unnamed athletes
 
ActivityCall to the Colors (2 pages)
CreditsPencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset
NotesActivity page designed to encourage daily good nutrition.
 
Comic StoryGarden for Victory (2 pages)
SynopsisEncourages to growing of "victory" gardens.
ContentGenre: Advocacy | Characters: Sue; Vic
 
Comic StoryLearn First Aid (4 pages)
SynopsisDrawing from the example of three English children and their actions after a bombing raid, the story encourages children to learn first aid.
ContentGenre: Advocacy | Characters: unnamed English children and adults
 
Comic StoryWays to Earn Money (4 pages)
SynopsisEncourages the young to engage in odd jobs to earn money to buy war bonds and stamps.
ContentGenre: Advocacy | Characters: Jerry; Bob; Mrs. Clark; George; unnamed adults and children
NotesA mention is made in the story that one could sell subscriptions to Parent's Institute comic titles; True Comics, Real Heroes, and Calling All Girls, as a way to help make money.
 
Comic StoryBuy War Bonds and Stamps! (2 pages)
SynopsisEncourages the purchase, even in small amounts, of war bonds and stamps--listing items that can be purchased even in small amounts.
ContentGenre: Advocacy
NotesStory goes across the center spread.
 
Comic StoryGet in the Scrap (4 pages)
SynopsisEncourages children to collect scrap metal, rubber, and paper for the war effort.
ContentGenre: Advocacy | Characters: Pudge; Bill; unnamed children
 
Comic StoryCollect Books (1 page)
SynopsisEncourages children to give "good" books to service personnel through the Victory Book Campaign.
ContentGenre: Advocacy | Characters: unnamed children and adults
 
Comic StoryHelp at Home! (2 pages)
SynopsisEncourages children to do their chores at home.
ContentGenre: Advocacy | Characters: unnnmaed children and adults
 
Comic StoryTake Care of Your Things! (4 pages)
SynopsisEncourages children to maintain the things they have as buying replacement goods taxes money and supplies better used in the war effort.
ContentGenre: Advocacy | Characters: unnamed family
 
Comic StorySave the Family Car (1 page)
SynopsisEncourages limiting the use of the car so it is not wasting valuable resources.
ContentGenre: Advocacy | Characters: unnamed family
 
Comic StoryDon't Get Hurt! (1 page)
SynopsisEncourages safety in daily activities.
ContentGenre: Advocacy | Characters: Unnamed boy
 
Comic StoryWrite 'em Often. (1 page)
SynopsisSergeant Johnny Doughboy is no longer unhappy now he gets mail.
ContentGenre: Advocacy | Characters: Sergeant Johnny Doughboy; Corporal Blake
 
Comic StoryDon't Help the Enemy (1 page)
SynopsisEncourages the reader not to spread rumors, military information, and to engage in racial tolerance.
ContentGenre: Advocacy | Characters: Unnamed man; Adolph Hitler; Benito Mussolini; Hideki Tojo
NotesEven while encouraging racial tolerance, the only African-American character drawn on the page is in "black-face".
 
Comic StoryDon't Believe Nazi Lies (1 page)
SynopsisEncourages the reader not to believe Nazi propaganda and to trust official statements of the U.S. Government and the United Nations.
ContentGenre: Advocacy | Characters: Joseph Goebbels
 
Comic StoryWhat to Do in an Air Raid (1 page)
SynopsisGiving instructions on what to do during an air raid.
ContentGenre: Non-fiction; Advocacy
 
Comic Story4 Pals Go Through Their First Raid (3 pages)
SynopsisFour friends keep their composure while properly doing what needs to be done during an air raid.
ContentGenre: Advocacy | Characters: Johnny; Eddie; Dick; Jimmy
 
Comic StoryThis Is the Way to Fix Up a Refuge Room (1 page)
SynopsisDemonstrates how to prepare a refuge room to use in case of an air raid.
ContentGenre: Non-fiction; Advocacy | Characters: Unnamed boys and girls
 
ActivityVictory Quiz (2 pages)
CreditsPencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters:?; typeset
NotesA quiz about what the reader just read.
 
Publisher advertisementDon't Miss These Swell Comics (1 page)
CreditsScript:? (promo copy) | Pencils:? (vignettes of covers) | Inks:? (vignettes of covers) | Letters: typeset
NotesInside back cover. Promoting Parents' Magazine Press comic titles. Cover reproductions of True Comics #14 (July 1942), Real Heroes #5 (July 1942), and Calling All Girls # 4 (March 1942).
 
ActivityTell the World You're Doing Your Part (1 page)
CreditsPencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset
ContentCharacters: Uncle Sam; Minuteman; Bald Eagle; unnamed boys and girl
NotesSticker cut-outs for children to paste up to show they are doing their part for the war effort.
 
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